Combined blacking- container and dauber



W. 0. ALBIG. con/mum) BLACKING CONTAINER AND DAUBER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26. 1916.

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WILLIAM o. ALBIG, or ADRIAN, MICHIGAN.

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Application filed MayZG, 1916. Serial No. 100,011.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM O. ALBIG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Adrian,county of Lenawee, State of Michigan, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Combined Blacking Containers andDaubers, and declare the following to be a full, clear,and exactdescription of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it pertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention. relates to an improvement in devices for applyingblacking to shoes and its object is a combined polish orblackingcontainer and dauber of an improved form as hereinafter described bymeans of which the blacking may be directly applied to the shoe from thecontainer avoiding the soiling of the hands of the user. Another objectis a device for applying blacking to boots or shoes thatis cleanly inuse and of a form preventing a waste of the blacking.

With the ordinary metal boxes now in use for containing blacking thepolish is usually first transferred to a cloth and from the cloth to theshoe. In the device herein disclosed the container is in the form of acollapsible tube and the blacking is in paste form adapted to. be forcedthrough the end of the tube into a dauber secured to the discharge endthereof. The dauber is provided with a cap in order that the blacking inthe dauber may not be exposed to atmosphere when not in use, and thusdried .out and further provides a closure or cover for the dauberenabling the device to be readily carried in a traveling bag withoutdanger of soiling the material with which it may come in contact. Theseand other objects and the several novel features of the inventi'on arehereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in theaccompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved form of paste container and dauber and the cap therefor.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the device showing the dauber and cover insection.

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the dauberas arranged for use.

Similar characters refer to similar parts throughout the drawing andspecification.

The blacking to be used for this device is of the consistency of apaste, and the body Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May is, 1919.

of the container, as indicated at 1,. is in the form. ofa tube similarto that now used in a container for tooth paste, soap paste and thelike. The discharge end of the tube is preferably formed by casting thelead of which the tube is made to 'form a flat face 2 I having thedischarge openin 3. The flat face 2? is formed with a clrcumferentialflange 4: beveled on its upper edge at 11. A dauber 5, preferably oflambs wool is secured to the flatface 2 either by gluing the andpreferably slightly less in diameter than thediameter of the flange 4 onthe face 2- This cover member is provided with screw threads 8, and ismovable longitudinally of the dauber and tube. A cap member 9 for themember 6 is provided and adapted to be threaded on the member asindicated in Fig. 2; By this arrangement the dauber is suflicientlyprotected from atmosphere to prevent the drying out of the paste in thelambs wool in the intervals between the ordinary use thereof and enablesthe device to be carried loosely in an ordinary traveling bagwithoutdangerof soiling articles coming in contact therewith.

When it is desired to use the dauber the cap 9 is removed from the covermember and said cover member moved downwardly relative to the tube whichexposes the lambs wool as indicated in Fig. 3. The leather portion ofthe lambs wool being slightly greater in diameter than the supportingface 2, and therefore contacting the member 6, the edge of the leatheris engaged by the upper flange 7 of the cover member and forced downonto the beveled edge 11, which produces a sufficient pressure on theleather portion and flares the fiber of the wool outwardly over the edgeof the cover as indicated in Fig. 3.

By collapsing the wall of the tube by pressure of the hand of the user aportion of the paste, as indicated at 10, in Fig. 3 is forced outwardlyinto the lambs wool whereupon the same maybe directly'ap'p'lied to theshoe, using the tube as a handle for the dauber. By working the dauberover the surface of the shoe practically allof the paste that is forcedinto the dauber may be worked onto the surface of the shoe leaving thedauber comparatively free of paste. 'T'l'leiS'hOe may then be polishedin the ordinary manner with a brush or polishing cloth.

I After use thecover member may be drawn upwardly over the lambs wool asindicated tin-Fig. 2, the cap 9 placed thereon, and the device may'then-be handled without soiling the hands of the user. By thearrangement described a container for the paste becomes a handle for thedauber in applying the paste-Pto a -shoe, and by combining the dauberand container the dauber can not be misplaced.

From the foregoing description it becomes evidentthat the device is ofa'simple nature, very handy, and is very eflicient and convenient inoperation.

f Having thus briefly described my invention, its utility and modeofoperation, what I-claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited'States is J 1. A device of "the character described comprising acollapsible tube for blacking provided --with an externally flangeddischarge *end, a centrally apertured dauber mounted at the "dischargeend, a'ring shaped cover member for the dauber having internal flangesat each end engaging overthe flanged portion of the tube "preventingremoval of the ring from the tube, said cover member being adapted tobemoved longitu- 'dinally of the tube to cover or uncover the sides ofthe dauber, and a cap for the said dauber.

2. In a device of the character described, a container for shoe blackingconsisting of a collapsible tube having a substantially flat facedcentrally apertured discharge end, a daubermember having a flexible basecemented to thesaid flat face and having an aperture registering withthe aperture therem, a cylindrical open ended cover member adapted to bemoved longitudinally sled on the outer edge thereof, a dauber m'embe'rconslstmg of lambs wool having a leather backing, said backingprojecting over the bevel on the flat face, 'a ring shaped cover-memberfor the dauber engaging the projecting edge of the said backing andbeing movableto cover or expose the sides of the dauber, movement of thecover to expose the dauber tending to flare the wool fibers over the endof the'cover member, and a cap adapted to be secured to the covermember.

4. A combined blacking container and dauber comprising a collapsibletube providing a handle, a dauber member secured to the discharge endthereof into which blacking may be delivered into the tube, said dauberhaving a flexible backing free to be flexed about the periphery thereof,and a cover member for the dauber capable of 1011- gitudinal movement onthe tube and adapted to engage the free edge of the said backing whenmoved to expose the d'aubersubstantially as and for the purposedescribed.

5. A combined blacking container and dauber comprising a collapsibletube provided with a flangeddischarge end, a dauber having a flexiblebacking secured to the said end, said-flanged portion being cut awayheneath the edge of said backing, a cover member maintained in relationto the tube by the said flange and capable of longitudinal movement toengage the said backing and press the same over the cut away portion ofsaid flange.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification.

WILLIAM O. ALBIG.

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